DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Pontoon Beach Woman Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on July 19, 2011, Laqueenya Bodie, a 34- year old Pontoon Beach, Illinois woman pled guilty in Federal District Court in East St. Louis to one count of Conspiracy to...
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Four Sentenced For Conspiracy To Manufacture Methamphetamine

BENTON, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that three men and one woman were sentenced on July 19, 2011 in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. All three previously pled guilty on April 7, 2011 to a one count...
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Cahokia Man Pleads Guilty To Possession Of Crack Cocaine

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on July 15, 2011, Raymond Woods, a 47 year-old Cahokia, Illinois man, pled guilty to one count of possessing in excess of five grams of crack cocaine. Sentencing is set...
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Marion Man Pleads Guilty To Crack Cocaine Conspiracy

BENTON, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that a Marion, IL, man pled guilty on July 7, 2011, in Federal District Court in Benton, IL, to Conspiracy to Distribute Crack Cocaine. Melvin Willis, a/k/a “Snobs,” 35, of Marion, pled guilty...
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Missouri Man Pleads Guilty To Crack Conspiracy

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on July 11, 2011, Corey King, a 34-year old Crestwood, Missouri man, pled guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with the Intent to Distribute 50 grams...
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Twelve Indicted On Heroin Trafficking Charges In Wichita

WICHITA, KS. - Barry Grissom, United States Attorney for the District of Kansas, announced that twelve people have been indicted on heroin trafficking charges in an indictment unsealed in Wichita on July 7, 2011. The indictment alleges defendant Jermaine Ward, age 28, of Wichita, established a heroin distribution organization in...
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Chicago Man Indicted On Heroin Charge

BENTON, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on July 7, 2011, a federal grand jury sitting in Benton, IL, returned an indictment charging Antwon Lasean Brooks, 32, of Chicago, IL, with a single count of possession with the intent...
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Jury Convicts Three Defendants Of Charges Related To Multi-Million Dollar Drug-Trafficking Conspiracy

KANSAS CITY, KS. - Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri announced that two Kansas City, Missouri men and a St. Paul, Minnesota man were convicted by a federal jury for their roles in one of the largest cocaine trafficking rings in the Kansas City area...
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Shawnee Auto Dealer Sentenced To 30 Months For Illegal Deals With Drug Traffickers

KANSAS CITY, KS. - Barry Grissom, the United States Attorney for the District of Kansas, announced that a Shawnee auto dealer has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for helping drug dealers buy vehicles used for drug trafficking without attracting the attention of law enforcement. Jon Lenie, 39...
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Granite City Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Conspiracy

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that a Granite City man, Oscar Valle, who was indicted along with twenty-two other individuals and charged with being members of a large cocaine distribution organization, has pled guilty. Ortiz...